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In the 2012 presidential election, Illinois had 20 electoral votes.

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The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its and number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there were18 members of the U.S. House of Representatives elected from Illinois in 2012. Therefore, Illinois had 20 electoral votes in the 2012 election.

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